It is unclear whether the revelation about the relationship will affect Musk's position at any of his companies. Musk did not respond to Reuters' request for comments.

Several high profile leaders of U.S. companies have made headlines in recent years over relationships with employees. Below is a list of some of them:

Leader Company Year Details

Vince McMahon WWE 2022 Steps down

following

allegations

of a secret

$3 million

settlement

to hide

affair with

employee.

Jeff Zucker CNN 2022 Resigns

citing

failure to

disclose a

consensual

relationshi

p with a

colleague

Steve McDonald's 2019 Dismissed

Easterbrook Corp over

employee

relationshi

p that

board found

"demonstrat

ed poor

judgment."


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Brian Krzanich Intel Corp 2018 Resigns

after

investigati

on found

relationshi

p with

employee,

in breach

of company


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]

(Reporting by Ross Kerber in Boston; Editing by Sam Holmes)